Compilation of Everything I know about Pre-Seering Ascalon

[OrangeArrow]

here is a Compilation of everything I know about Pre-seering Ascalon from the last Two BWEs

Some NPC names might be slightly mispelled there might be an minor error here and there but to the best of my ability everything should be correct. Any corrections or addition info anyone else can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Information might subject to change in the next BWE/Retail.
If anyone gets lost check out MOOMANiBE's maps they rock .
http://home.comcast.net/~moomanibe/

Hope this helps some people out

Skill Trainers Quests
#1 Trainers are the trainers you go to for your secondary profession.
#2 Trainers are the trainers #1 trainer directs you to after finishing their training.
#3 Trainers are the "hidden" trainers.
This list does not include the initial Skill Trainer that is outside Ascalon City that gives you your first Primary Skills

Skill Trainers in Pre-Ascalon

Generic
Trainer: Lina the Healer (Resurrector outside Ascalon City)
Quest Name: Adventure with an Ally
Mission: Party with another Human player and talk to her
Reward: 100 XP
Skills Given: Resurrection Signet

Warrior
Starting Primary Skills: Frenzy Stance, Healing Signet

#1: Warmaster Grast (Green Hill County)
Quest Name:Grawl Invasion
Mission: Stop the Grawl Invasion in d/Down the Road by killing all the "Grawl Invaders"
Skills Given: Server Artery, Gash, Healing Signet

#2: Duke Barradin (Barradin Estate)
Mission: Kill Agnar the Foot near the vineyard
Skills Given: Hammer Bash

#3 Little Thom (Barradin Estate)
Mission: Stop the Aloe Seeds from spreading in the Duke's Vineyard
Skills Given: Dismember, Executioner's Strike

Ranger
Starting Primary Skills: Power Shot, Troll Unguent

#1: Master Ranger Nente (Regent Valley)
(Directions from Ashford Village follow road over bridge to Regent Valley keep following road)
Quest Name: The Rangers Companion
Mission: Tame an Melandru's Stalker Cat
Skills Given: Charm Animal, Troll Unguent, Comfort Animal

#2: Ivor Trueshot (Regent Valley)
(Directions from Ashford Village follow road over bridge to Regent Valley, once in regent valley stop following road and head over the hill to the left, once over the hill you find a new road follow it till you see a bridge when you see bridge climb the mountain to the right)
Quest Name: A Test of Marksmanship
Mission: Kill 5 indicated Plague worms in under 1:30
Skills Given: Read the Wind, Point Blank Shot

#3: Aidan (Wizards Folly)
(Directions from Foibles Fair head down the road to Lakeside County till you see a forest. Head south east till you come to a river once you cross the river you should be in the fishing village Aidan is on south east edge of the fishing village)
Quest Name: An Unnatural Growth
Reward: 250 XP
Mission: Head west to river by waterfall kill Large Aloe Seed for Aloe Root
Skills Given: Ignite Arrows, Dual Shot

Monk
Starting Primary Skills: Banish, Healing Breeze

#1: Brother Mhenlo (Ashford Abbey)
Quest Name: A Monk's Mission
Mission: Help Paulus the Abbot Retrieve a Relic in the catacombs by keeping him alive while he travels in a life draining swamp
Skills Given: Bane Signet, Orison of Healing

#2: Grazden the Protector (Green Hill County)
Quest Name: Protection Prayers
Mission: Keep Farrah alive to kill Alain the Bandit leader.
After Receiving Quest head back to Lake Side County to Activate It
Skills Given: Protection Prayers (Reversal of Fortune, Shielding Hands)

#3: Brother Mhenlo (Ashford Abbey)
Quest Name: The Blessings of Balthazar
Mission: Stop Skeletal Invasion of fields outside Ashford
Reward: 250 XP
Skills Given: Smiting Prayers (Retribution, Symbol of Wrath)

Elementalist
Primary Starting Skills: Flare, Aura of Restoration

#1: Elementalist Azuire (Wizards Folly)
Kill a few waves of Ice Elementals with Firestorm
Skills Given: Firestorm, Aura of Restoration, Glyph of Lesser Energy

#2: Ralena Stormbringer (Foilble's Fair)
Quest Name: The Supermacy of Air
Kill Hulking Tower Golem
Skills Given: Blinding Flash, Lighting Javelin

#3: None Discovered yet

Mesmer
Starting Primary Skills: Conjure Phantasm, Ether Feast

#1: Lady Althea (Outside Ascalon City on the west road to Green Hill County in front of actor's stage)
Quest Name: A Mesmer's Burden
Mission: Kill a Rogue Bull with resistance to Physical attacks
Skills Given: Conjure Phantasm, Ether Feast, Imagined Burden

#2: Vassar (Foible's Fair)
Quest Name: Domination Magic
Mission: Kill Skale Brood in the east woods of Wizard's Folly
Skills Given: Backfire, Shatter Delusions

#3: None Discovered yet

Necromancer
Starting Skills Vampric gaze, Deathly Swarm

#1: Necromancer Munne (Catacombs outside Ashford Abbey)
Quest Name: The Necromancer's Novice
(Necromancer Munne should lead you on to the proper location on this quest but here are Directions: head into the catacombs and head to the right follow that path till you get to a large rectangular room down a flight of stairs. This room has two exits on the right side the first right leads to the Flame geysers and Necromancer Novice quest.)
Mission: Use bone minions to trip the flame geyser traps and defeat the Tomb Nightmare
Reward: 250 XP
Skills Given Animate Bone Horror, Deathly Swarm, Life Siphon

#2: Kasha Blackblood (Green Hill County next to Grazden the Protector)
Quest Name: The Power of Blood
Mission: Head to the catacomb entrance north east of Baradin's Estate and defeat 3 of the 5 Blood Fanatics
Skills Given: Vampric Touch, Blood Renewal

#3: Oberan the Reviled (Catacombs)
Quest Name: The Accursed Path
(Directions head into the catacombs and head to the right follow this path untill you get to a large rectangular room down a flight of stairs. This room has two exits on the right side the first right leads to the Flame geysers and The Necromancer Novice quest. The second right leads to a cavern full of spiders head directly down the spider path till you find Oberan the Reviled.)
Mission: Defeat 5 Crypt Fiends
Reward: 500 XP
Skills Given: Soul Barbs, Faintheartedness

Non Skills Quest

The Royal Decree
Quest Starter: Royal Herald (Ascalon City)
Quest Rewarder: Sir Tydus
Reward: 100XP and 10 Gold
Synopsis: Talk to Sir Tydus and offer to join the Army
Note: You lose the option of getting this quest if you talk to Sir Tydus

Prepare Yourself
Quest Starter: Sir Tydus (Ascalon City)
Quest Rewarder: Sir Tydus
Reward: 250 XP
Synopsis: Talk to the Skill Trainer outside to gain you first Primary Class skills killing River Skales

The Skill Trainer Test
Quest Starter: Skill Trainer (Van the Warrior, Artemis the Ranger, Howland the Elementalist, Verata the Necromancer, Sebedoh the Mesmer,?)
Quest Rewarder: Skill Trainer
Reward: 500XP, Primary Skills
Synopsis: Your intial skill trainer outside Ascalon city gives a quest involving River Skales kill some skales and return for XP and starting primary skills

The New 'Primary' Trainer
Quest Starter: Haversdan
Quest Rewarder: One of the #1 Trainer
Reward: 250 XP
After getting your first skills Haversdan will tell you where your next primary trainer is talk to this trainer for 250 XP.

A Secondary Profession
Quest Starter: Haversdan (Outside Ascalon City)
Quest Rewarder: Haversdan
After Completing the Quest to gain your First primary skills Haversdan will suggest you get a secondary profession after getting a secondary profession return to get an XP reward.

Further Adventures
Quest Starter: Sir Tydus
Quest Rewarder: Devona (Ashford Village)
Reward: 250 XP
Sir Tydus will suggest you talk to Devona to get some further Missions
Speak with Devona after receiving quest for reward.

Speak with Sir Tydus
Quest Starter: Ascalon Guard (Various Locations)
Quest Rewarder: Sir Tydus (Ascalon City)
Reward: 100 XP
After Reaching Level 3 and getting two professions the Ascalon Guards will suggest you talk to Sir Tydus about entering the Academy.

Across the wall
Quest Starter: Torin the Gate Guard (Lakeside County)
Quest Rewarder: Torin the Gate Guard
Reward: 250 XP
Torin the gate guard guards a gate on the northwest side of Lakeside County on the road to Green Hill County. Torin will ask you to rescue a lost ranger on the other side of the wall. Have one Party member stand in front of the closed gate door while the other party member opens it by pulling lever on top. Once door is open run through it before it closes. Once in the Northlands the ranger is hiding in a rubble building on the left near the Gate. Lead him the short distance back to the gate to get some easy XP.

Charr in the Catacombs
Quest Starter: Prince Rurik (Ascalon City)
Quest Rewarder: Prince Rurik
Reward: 250 XP, 100 Gold
After Speaking with Prince Rurik head over to Ashford Abbey and speak with Brother Mhelno who then directs you to Necromance Munne at the entrance to the Catacombs. Speak with Munne and she will direct you to talk with the necromancer Oberan the reviled deeper in the catacomb. Oberan will give you a Charr Tooth, give the tooth to Prince Rurik and he will give you an XP reward and 100 Gold.
For Instructions on how to find Oberan check out the Necromancer Trainer #3 Quest above.

The Charr Advance
Quest Starter: Prince Rurik (Ascalon City)
Quest Rewarder: Prince Rurik
The Charr have broken through the gate and it is up to you and Prince Rurik to stop them. Meet Rurik and his Party outside Ascalon City and follow them to the gate. Defeat the charr party and talk to Rurik for Reward.

The Wayward Wizard
Quest Starter: Sandre Elek (Ascalon City)
Quest Rewarder: Sandre Elek
Talk to Sandre Elek in Ascalon city to learn of her brother who has run off to join the royalist Faction. Head to Foibles Fair and talk to Ralena Stormbinger to learn of his Current location in the Western woods of Wizard's folly. Leave Foible's fair head west into the woods keep heading west on the road till you see Orion Elek. Talk to Orion and return to Sandre for reward.

Poor Tenant
Quest Starter: Namar (Ascalon City)
Quest Rewarder: Miller Upton (Ashford Village)
Talk to Namar on the far west side of Ascalon City he will ask you to check on Miller Upton in Ashford. Talk to Miller Upton and he will want you to lure some bees over the bridge. To acomplish this pick up the massive honeycomb and walk into the water. The bee locations are right off the shore in the water, in the middle of the island, and behind the mill. Just walk to these locations with the honeycomb and the bees will follow you. Probably the easiest way to do this mission is to zoom all the way out on your mouse wheel and have an almost directly overhead view this will make seeing the bees easier. Once you see the bess floating around you head over the bridge. Drop the Honeycomb when you quest log is updated. Return to Miller Upton for reward.

The Poison Devourer
Quest Starter: Baron Egan (Ascalon City)
Quest Rewarder: Brother Mhelno
Baron Egan will ask you to find a poison stinger from a Plague devourer. Head south over the river towards the east side of Lakeside county there is a small path through a valley inside the valley is a devour cave. Standing outside the cave is the egg hunter Fadden Hathorn. At the very end of the Cave is a Poison Devour who drops one Poison Stinger for one party member when killed. Bring the stinger to Brother Mhelno for reward. This quest needs to be repeated a few times if there are multiple party members as only the member carrying the stinger gets the reward. Also if you lead Fadden to the three egg nests in the Devour cave he will give you a large devour egg which you need to give to Pitney for the prize bull quest. You can also give the egg to Old Mack outside Ascalon city if you have completed the Mesmer's Rogue Bull Quest for Lady Althea for some XP.

The Bandit Raiders
Quest Starter: Baron Egan (Ascalon City)
Quest Rewarder: Devona (Ashford Village)
Find the Ashford strongbox slightly north of the fields in the west side of Ashford Village clear out some of the bandit raiders and bring the strongbox back to Devona in Ashford Village.

A Gift for Althea
Quest Starter: Captain Orsic (Right Outside Ascalon City)
Quest Rewarder: Captain Orsic
Talk to Captain Orsic after he had a short talk with Prince Rurik he needs to find beautiful present for Lady Althea's Birthday tomorrow. Head to Ashford Village near Alison the tanner you should find a Beautiful Feather. Next head over to the mill area by Miller Upton on the waterfront you should find a beautiful shell in which a beautiful pearl will appear upon opening. Next head west to the Ashford farming fields from the field take a path north through the bandit raiders and look for a chest upon opening the chest an Beautiful Pendent will appear return all three items to Captain Orsic for a Reward.

Gwen's Flute
Quest Starter: Gwen
Quest Rewarder: Gwen
Reward: 250 XP
Head south east over the river and recover Gwen's Broken Flute. Return it to Gwen. After completing this Gwen can follow you around and occasionally heal for 20 points. You also have the option of buying her a new flute for 20 gold and a little girl's cape for 200 also you can give her Red-Iris flowers. Give her enough items and she will eventually give you the quest item tapestry shard.

Trouble in the Woods
Quest Starter:Royal Herald? (Ascalon City)
Quest Rewarder: Devona
Reward: 500 XP
After joining the army and doing a few quests for Sir Tydus A Royal Herald will tell of trouble with Grawls and to head over to Ashford to help Devona. Talking to Devona about trouble in the woods will make her run over the bridge towards the road to Regent Valley where an small army of Grawls is coming to attack Ashford defeat the Grawls and talk to Devona for XP.

Tithe For Ashford Abbey
Quest Starter: Devona
Quest Rewarder: Devona
Reward: 250 XP, 1 Skill Point
Get the tithe to Ashford Abbey from Grazden the Protector in Green Hill County and deliver it to Brother Mhelno in Ashford Abbey.

The Charr Threat
Quest Starter: Devona
Quest Rewarder: Sir Tydus
Reward: 250 XP
Talk to Devona about the Charr Threat, she will ask you to deliver a message to Brother Mhelno who then asks you to relay the message to Sir Tydus.

Opposition to the King
Quest Starter: Devona
Quest Rewarder: Devona
Reward: 500 XP
Head to Green Hill County and talk to 3 of the Following 5 People Farrah Cappo, Grazden the Protector, Kasha Blackblood, Little Thom or Duke Barradin.

The Plague Worm Problem
Quest Starter: Pitney (Ashford Village)
Quest Rewarder: Pitney
Head north over the river towards the east side of Lakeside county there is small path through a valley. Inside this valley is a devour cave (Same cave as poison stinger quest) Standing outside the cave is the egg hunter Fadden Hathorn. If you lead Fadden to the three eggs nest inside the cave he will give you a large devour egg. Give the egg to Pitney and he will lead you to the Plague worms. When Pitney arrives at the plague worm fields a Queen Plague worm will appear. Kill the Queen Plague Worm and talk to Pitney for Reward.
NOTE: You can also give the egg to Old Mack outside Ascalon City if you have completed the Mesmer's Rogue Bull Quest for Lady Althea for an unrelated XP Reward but it will require you to get another egg from Fadden if you wish to do the Plague Worm Problem Quest too.

The Prize Bull
Quest Starter: Pitney (Ashford Village)
Quest Rewarder: Pitney
Reward: 250 XP
Talk to Pitney to get the Prize Bull Quest. Head down into the catacombs from Ashford Abbey head down the right path till you climb down some stairs into a big rectangular room with 4-6 Raging Cadavers in it. Head to the end of the room and take the second right into a cavern full of spiders keep heading down this path till you get to the hallway where Oberan the reviled is. Right before Oberan's hallway take a left and head straight down that path and up a flight of stairs. This should take you to the candle room where the prize bull lays dead in the middle of the room. Return to Ashford Village and tell Pitney of the sad news.

Rites of Rememberance
Quest Starter: Necromancer Munne
Quest Rewarder: Necromancer Munne
Reward: 250 XP
Talk to Munne to get the candles then enter the Catacomb and head to the left (The same area you have to go for a Monks Mission) light the 4 candles here and return to Munne for a Reward. (Note This quest might be necromancer only)

The Hunter's Horn
Quest Starter: Chantelle the Troubadour (Ashford Valley)
Quest Rewarder: Aidan (Wizard's Folly)
Reward: 500 XP
Get the Hunters horn from the Troubadour in Ashford Village head up the road to Wizard's Folly. Head south east through the east forest till you come upon a river and a fishing village. From the Fishing Village head Northeast till you get to Regent Valley once in Regent Valley follow the river east to a small pond. The Healing spring will be here you might need to hold down ALT to see the healing spring click on the healing spring to purify the horn. Once the horn is purified and the quest log updated return to the fishing village and find Aidan the ranger slightly southeast of the village.

Little Thom's Big Cloak
Quest Starter: Alison the Tanner (Ashford Village)
Quest Rewarder: Little Thom (Barradin Estate)
Find a bear skin in either Regent Valley or Wizards Folly (Game Suggest Regent but more bears in Wizard's Folly) take the Bear skin back to Alison to turn into a Cloak. Deliver the Cloak to Little Thom at Barradin's Estate

The True King
Quest Starter: Duke Barradin (Barradin Estate)
Quest Rewarder: Lord Darin (Fort Ranik)
Reward: 750 XP
Deliver a message from Duke Barradin to Lord Darin in Fort Ranik

The Orchard
Quest Starter: Mary Malone (Outside Fort Ranik)
Quest Rewarder: Mary Malone
Reward: 250 XP
Mary Malone needs someone to retrieve her basket of apples that she dropped when she got ambushed by spiders. Head south from Fort Ranik till you see a golden statue on a road to the east. Head down that road to the apples. Kill any River Skales and Spiders in the path from Mary Malone to the basket of apples. Once you pick up the basket more spiders will appear and attack. Return the Apples to Mary for a Reward.

The Rogue's Replacement
Quest Starter: Old Mack (Outside Ascalon City)
Quest Reward: Old Mack
Reward: 250 XP
After killing the Rogue Bull in the Mesmer's Burden Bull, Old Mack will argue with Lady Althea and demands a replacement. Old Mack will ask for an devour egg to grow a replacement pet. Get an Large Devour Egg from Fadden Hathorn by leading him to the 3 nests in the Devour Cave and bring it to Old Mack.

Hidden Quests

These Quests are Quests that don't show up in the Quest Log and may not give XP

Bear Hunters (Regent Valley)
Find the bear Hunters in the middle of Regent Valley. Find and kill a bear in the allotted time and receive the Hunter's Ale

Prize Winning Hogs (Ashford Village)
Corral all the Prize Winning Hogs back into the pen and Farmer Dirk will give you 25 gold.

Collectors in Kingdom of Ascalon
The monsters in Guild wars occasionally drop monster items that can be traded with collectors to get other items.

In the Kingdom of Ascalon the only items worth trading for are the belt pouch and slightly better armor. The Belt pouch gives 5 extra inventory slots and is a must for any player. The easiest way to get the Belt Pouch is to collect 5 Skale fins and give it to Collector Brownlow right outside Ascalon City next to Lina the Healer. Alternatively you can also collect 5 worn belts and get a belt pouch from Collector Humpherys in Ashford Village but Skale fins are easier to find then worn belts.

The Armor from the collectors in Pre-seering is only slightly better (+2) than the starting armor and is significantly weaker the armor crafted in post seering Ascalon. My recommendation is to not to put too much effort getting the collectors armor in the Kingdom of Ascalon and instead buy a salvage kit as soon as you can so you will have the necessary items and money to forge new armor after the seering.

Depending on your primary class different collectors will offer you different armor.

FOLLOWING LISTS ARE INCOMPLETE
WARRIOR

5 Grawl Necklaces to Collector Kaylee (Near the portal from Lakeside County to Regent Valley) for Ringmail Hauberk
5 Dull Caprices to Collector Rownan (Near Master Ranger Nente) for Ringmail Leggings or Ring Mail Boots
5 Baked Husks to Collector Jacobs (By Outfitter on Road outside Ashford) for Ringmail Gauntlets

RANGER

5 Grawl Necklaces to Collector Kaylee (Near the portal from Lakeside County to Regent Valley) for Rawhide Vest
5 Skeletal Limbs to Collector Gwynn (Catacombs entrance Ashford Abbey) for Leather Leggings
5 Baked Husks to Collector Jacobs (By Outfitter on Road outside Ashford) for Leather Boots
5 Unnatural Seeds to Collector Walden (Ashford Village) for Rawhide Vest or Leather Gloves

ELEMENTALIST

5 Icy Lodestones to Collector Savich (Outside Foible's Fair) for Elementalist's Leggings
5 Dull Caprices to Collector Rownan (Near Master Ranger Nente in Regent Valley) for Elementalist's Boot
5 Enchanted Lodestones to Collector Mindle (Wizard's Folly Fishing Village) for Elementalist's Gloves

MONK

5 Unnatural Seeds to Collector Walden (Ashford Village) for Monk Raiment
5 Icy Lodestones to Collector Savich (Outside Foible's Fair) for Monk Sandals
5 Dull Caprices to Collector Rownan (Near Master Ranger Nente in Regent Valley) for Monk Pants
5 Enchanted Lodestones to Collector Mindle (Wizard's Folly Fishing Village) for Monk Handwraps

NECROMANCER

5 Skeletal Limbs to Collector Gwynn (Catacombs entrance Ashford Abbey) for Necromancer Gloves
5 Colossal Jawbones to Collector Findley (Regent Valley directly South of Fort Ranik) for Necromancer Tunic
5 Spider Legs to Collector Varis (Fort Ranik or Regent Valley) for Necromancer Leggings
5 Warden's Trophies to Collector Hatcher (Fort Ranik or Regent Valley) for Necromancer Boots

[Kara]

OMG! You rock!

This is a fantastic tool for newbies... I'd suggest changing the name to "Quests in the Kingdom of Ascalon" or something, and stickying it. Thanks so much on behalf of everyone who will ever do those quests!

I think a great idea (I'd be willing to do it next BWE if nobody has yet) would be to take Moomanibe's map and mark each of the profession trainers on it. That way folks would know exactly how to get where they need to go to get all the free skills they can before going through the Academy (after which you have to spend points and money for skills you could have gotten for free).

Great work!

:up:

*gives Orange Arrow a cookie*

[Strag]

what monster drops / were can i find Scale fins ?

[Weezer_Blue]

anything with the word "skale" in it's name "River Skale, River Skale Tads.. etc." i think has the potention to drop Skale Fins.


btw... please, put this in the resources forum. this is awesome.

[OrangeArrow]

Scale Fins are dropped by any monster in the River scale line wheter they be Tads, broodcallers, or just regular River scales.

they are the blue creatures that you have to kill for you first quest they are found near ascalon city in Lakeside county, all Over Regent valley especially near Fort Ranik where there is a large group of them. And in the non frozen parts of Wizard's Folly

[Kurse]

The Bandit Raiders
Quest Starter: Baron Egan (Ascalon City)
Quest Rewarder: Devona (Ashford Village)
Find the Ashford strongbox slightly north of the fields in the west side of Ashford Village clear out some of the bandit raiders and bring the strongbox back to Devona in Ashford Village.


Also if you dont fell like fighting any of the bandits and accomplish this mission very easily...just head in the direction of there camp from Ashland villalge and sneak behind the crates..the bandits wont even know your there. Pick up the strong box and bring back to Devona.

[kulaice]

Only 2 mesmer trainers were listed in the first post. This varies... if you start your character out as a Mesmer primary it's actually 3 Mesmer trainers. The first ("Sebedoh") being just outside the city portal after you talk to Sir Tydus. But in the end you learn the same Mesmer skills so this is only a minor sidenote.

For those of us who explored Pre-seared Ascalon, do you remember any unofficial sidequests that don't show up on the quest log, but they're there for fun. Like the bear-hunter mini quest in the forest somewhere south of Fort Ranik. You walk up to one of the 5 drunken bear hunters and they give you a challenge. If you kill a bear and come back under 3 minutes, they give you "Hunter's Ale". I think it's drinkable, dumb me I forgot to try its effects before bwe ended. Then they sing a hunter's song in unison in your honor as they recite your name. lol They're a comical bunch. One goes off a few yards and keeps falling on his ass in a drunken stupor. You can really see the humorous side of the devs poking out through this.

Edit:
Well here's a rough approximation of where I think these hunters can be found at:
http://img237.exs.cx/img237/4682/bhunterpath8fd.gif (http://img237.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img237&image=bhunterpath8fd.gif)

There's another way to get there by climbing through some hills, but it takes longer. Now that I think of it, do you think each bear hunter represents one of the devs? That would be funny. And yes, I think "easter egg" is the best way to describe this quest, too. I don't see that word often so I just forgot about it. :)

[Calynx]

you are one crazy dude, this is probably the best guide i've seen so far O_O
THANKS

You didn't have to quote his entire post lol ~Narcism

[Lhomme]

Anybody want to take this and make it an eye friendly website? ;)

[OrangeArrow]

Only 2 mesmer trainers were listed in the first post. This varies... if you start your character out as a Mesmer primary it's actually 3 Mesmer trainers. The first ("Sebedoh") being just outside the city portal after you talk to Sir Tydus. But in the end you learn the same Mesmer skills so this is only a minor sidenote.

This Trainer is a Character I give the Generic term "Primary Skill Trainer" basically there is one for every class they are always right outside Ascalon on new charchters. They all give the same Quest kill some River scales and their skills usually overlap with Trainer #1 but usually have a skill unique to them in pre seering Ascalon. I think I listed this Quest under the quest Prepare Yourself. I should probabaly Move this up from non-skill quests to Skill trainers. If i added this trainer for Mesmer I would have to add it to ever other class too.


For those of us who explored Pre-seared Ascalon, do you remember any unofficial sidequests that don't show up on the quest log, but they're there for fun. Like the bear-hunter mini quest in the forest somewhere south of Fort Ranik. You walk up to one of the 5 drunken bear hunters and they give you a challenge. If you kill a bear and come back under 3 minutes, they give you "Hunter's Ale". I think it's drinkable, dumb me I forgot to try its effects before bwe ended. Then they sing a hunter's song in unison in your honor as they recite your name. lol They're a comical bunch. One goes off a few yards and keeps falling on his ass in a drunken stupor. You can really see the humorous side of the devs poking out through this.

If you want to see a screenie, just let me know. :)


I know of this Quest not sure where I should put it. I think of it as more of a easter egg since I don't remeber if they gave XP and the Hunter's ale doesnt do anything but simulate Drukeness for a few seconds(IE make screen shake)
thoough for completeness sake if you can remember their exact location and the easiest way to get there it would help


I guess i should add this and the Round up the Prize winning Hogs Quest

I guess I'll make some changes to the intial post and add these two "hidden" quests

[Narcism]

Moved this thread into the Lion's Arch section for discussion, as well as copied into the Guides section and locked it for new players.

Very nice complilation OrangeArrow! :)

~Narcism

[SonCal]

I'd have to say very well done, this is useful stuff.

[OrangeArrow]

anyone know if they changed the ranger Skills given by the first trainer in the March BWE?

I had a ranger in Feb BWE for Pre-Ascalon and tried to rememeber everything I could. I thought the 3 skills given by the first ranger trainer was Troll Urgent, dual shot and charm animal. This seemed to be confirmed by many screenshots from the Feb BWE in which i saw all those skills lined up together in many ss meaning most likley this is correct.

the other day i saw the following SS which shows comfort animal in what looks like pre seer Ascalon (i think Breton is one of the drunk bear hunters)
http://gwvault.ign.com/screenshots/?ss=438&view=ss&page=1

so anyone know who gives what ranger skills as of last BWE so I Can update the first post to be more correct?

also if anyone can correct any of the other skills i might have wrong or missing or listed under the wrong trainer feel free to post
(I keep thinking Favorable winds might be a pre-seer skill but havent seen any screen shots of it so it might be my imagination)

[Draconas]

Starting Primary Skills: Power Shot, Troll Urgent

I thought you started out with primary skills of :
Power Shot
Dual Shot
Troll Ungent

I may be mistaken, but I thought you started out with 2 attack skills.

Charm animal is given by the trainer in Regent Valley, I don't recall receiving comfort animal from that trainer as a second skill.

[OrangeArrow]

primary Rangers start with power shot and troll Urgent that is unquestionable I seen too many screenshots of primary rangers with just those 2 skills for it not to be unless it was changed in last BWE but i doubt it. This is kinda confirmed by the order of skills in the IGN screen shot it shows 2 primary skills, 3 from the #1 Elemental trainer, resurrection signet. then comfort and charm animal.

heres a ss from an FEB Beta video with just power shot and troll Urgent

http://i144.exs.cx/img144/7520/winamp20050327125201530xw.png (http://www.imageshack.us)

the animal trainer in Regent Valley use to give Troll Urgent, quick shot? and charm animal but the screen shot at the link shows a ranger with comfort animal I think this might be a Change made after feb BWE unless that user in SS got special treatment or was bugged into pre-seer Ascalon(doubt bug since its only a level 7)

Primary Trainers usually have one or 2 skills that overlap with the #1 trainer but usually Primaries End up with 1 Unique skill more than secondaries in pre seer. this unique primary skill for ranger is Power Shot, I havent seen any screenshots of secondary rangers with power shot so this makes sense

My guess on the skills given now are
Primary: Power shot, Troll Urgent
#1 charm Animal, Comfort animal, Troll Urgent
#2 dual shot , point blank shot
#3 read the wind, Ignite arrows

Favorable winds still nagging me but i guess it could be one of the more popular skills picked up in post seer ascalon city In Feb i rememeber more than a few rangers using it in shiverpeaks. But i guess its not starting and they all picked it up from the Ascalon Skill trainer

[OrangeArrow]

http://img52.exs.cx/img52/7946/necskill3yu.png
http://img52.exs.cx/img52/733/rskill4by.png

anyone ID these skills the necromancer one I think is Blood renewal i tried confirming it with skills database available but the pictures havent been updated anywhere

the ranger skill I'm not sure what it is its not power shot or dual shot or point blank shot.

it could be a new graphic for ignite arrows or quick shot but not sure any help would be great
I think this skill is given/use to be given by the first (non primary) Ranger trainer but dont know what it is and might of been replaced with comfort animal as a skill given

[Elder Whoopah]

I thought sure the Ranger skill was "Dual Shot". But, I'm looking at the www.gwonline.net (http://www.gwonline.net/) skillz images and I don't see that image at all now. Are the skillz icons being changed regularly?

[Virgil]

1) Blood renewal
2) no idea

[OrangeArrow]

I thought sure the Ranger skill was "Dual Shot". But, I'm looking at the www.gwonline.net (http://www.gwonline.net/) skillz images and I don't see that image at all now. Are the skillz icons being changed regularly?
It Probabaly is Dual Shot I thought in my screen shot I already had dual shot in the SKill Bar but it was read the wind.

Read the wind kind of looks like a inverted image of the old Icon for Dual shot


stupid moment for me

from what I know most of the images fansites use for the skills are part of an fansite kit released in 2004 since then a few of the skill icons have changed each BWE.
Since arena.net hasnt released a updated fansite kits most sites still use the old Icons as they are the most clear images out there. hopefully arena net will release a new kit with updated icons before release.

thanks everyone

looks like i got a few more things to add to my to do list in pre-seer ascalon

[OrangeArrow]

I thought you started out with primary skills of :
Power Shot
Dual Shot
Troll Ungent

I may be mistaken, but I thought you started out with 2 attack skills.

Charm animal is given by the trainer in Regent Valley, I don't recall receiving comfort animal from that trainer as a second skill.
on second thought you might be right there is a possibilty that rangers start with powers shot and dual shot or quick shot now and get charm animal and comfort animal along with troll urgent from the trainer now. Troll Urgent might not be given by the primary trainer anymore this seems like a possible situation

[Orcymorky]

The ranger skill you are trying to determine is dual shot. I am also fairly sure the player recieves comfort animal rather than dual shot from the frist ranger trainer. Also, the second skill you get from the air magic ele trainer is lightning javelin

[Demon Cleaner]

The Poor Tenant
[...] To acomplish this pick up the massive honeycomb and walk into the water. The bee locations are right off the shore in the water, in the middle of the island, and behind the mill. Just walk to these locations with the honeycomb and the bees will follow you. [...]


I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to write this, but i spent so much time on this and never found the 3rd bee location. I always found the ones behind the mill and another a few yards away from that. Next BWE i will try that zoomout-overhead trick, i wasn't sure if it was another bugged quest or not.

[Liquid]

#2: Rena Stormbringer (Foilbles Fair)
Quest Name: The Power of Air
Kill Hulking Tower Golem
Skills Given: Air Magic Skills (Blinding Flash,?)



Nice Guide... :biggrin:

Lightning Javelin was the other air ele skill you get from the 2nd Ele Trainer, Blinding Flash is also correct! ;)

[SystemofaDown69247]

That was amazing.

[StandardAI]

Actually I made a ranger in the korean beta, it's 100% troll ungent and power shot.

[Sentience]

The Poor Tenant
[...] To acomplish this pick up the massive honeycomb and walk into the water. The bee locations are right off the shore in the water, in the middle of the island, and behind the mill. Just walk to these locations with the honeycomb and the bees will follow you. [...]


I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to write this, but i spent so much time on this and never found the 3rd bee location. I always found the ones behind the mill and another a few yards away from that. Next BWE i will try that zoomout-overhead trick, i wasn't sure if it was another bugged quest or not.

The bee's were all right next to one another each time I did the Q, which was 3 times.

[Alun Aedicita]

Great guide, in addition to the incomplete section at the end I know:

Elementalist
Elementalist Leggings in Wizard's Folly at collector outside of Foilbe's Fair trade for 5 Icy Lodestones
Elementalist Boots in Regent Valley at collector near Master Nente trade for 5 Dull Carapaces

[LawyerNewt]

Elementalist Gloves in Wizards Folley at the Fishing Village.
Collector Mindle gives the gloves for 5 Enchanted Loadstones

They were two people giving out the beltpouch
Brownlow (just outside ascalon) wanted scale fins
Humphry (near ashford) want worn belts

[Quetzalcoatl]

Which creature/Creatures droppped Warden's Trophies?
It's a little late now, but assuming ANet doesn't change too much it will be helpful when the 27th comes.

[OrangeArrow]

I made an observation about the collectors in Pre Searing Ascalon the most items I seen an collector Carry is 6 Items if you include all the normal items and all class specific armor. No one carries more than 6 items. With this In mind the only people that don't carry 6 items are the follow people bettany (5), Jacobs (5), Savich (5), Varis (4) with this in mind I would guess that they carry the missing mesmer items and Elementalist's Robes.

I hope to check this when game is retail
I'm thinking Bettany has the elementalist robe since its the most out of the way.

[OrangeArrow]

Which creature/Creatures droppped Warden's Trophies?
It's a little late now, but assuming ANet doesn't change too much it will be helpful when the 27th comes.
I want to say moss spiders but not sure

[Litterbox]

I'm really having trouble finding the Necromancer's Tunic. I've been searching all over the Fort area. I've been inside, outside. I've seen 2 collectors out here. One of them was with a bunch of guys playin' some drinking game, another with some rangers. But still, no Findley or whatever.

Anyone got any advice? Maybe a landmark I could look for to help me find him?

[Null]

Although slightly outdated in some respects, this thread is greatly helpful. A few PSA questions:

1> Was a third Mesmer or Elementalist trainer ever found? I know Monk goes back to Brother Mhenlo for their third set of skills -- perhaps Mesmers or Elementalists do similar?

2> What drops colossal jawbones for the collector in Regent Valley?

[Ardias]

nice i think i only missed one

[kulaice]

Although slightly outdated in some respects, this thread is greatly helpful. A few PSA questions:

1> Was a third Mesmer or Elementalist trainer ever found? I know Monk goes back to Brother Mhenlo for their third set of skills -- perhaps Mesmers or Elementalists do similar?

2> What drops colossal jawbones for the collector in Regent Valley?
1>No, I haven't found more than 2 trainers.

2>This may have changed since the last beta, haven't come across any jawbones recently. (It's possible the Necromancer's tunic was removed from pre-searing and moved to post-searing) But I'm sure OrangeArrow or some other nice individual will let us know soon.

Actually, have you come across collectors that ask for jawbones? This I'm not aware of.

[Trained Newbie]

ELEMENTALIST

5 Icy Lodestones to Collector Savich (Outside Foible's Fair) for Elementalist's Leggings
5 Dull Caprices to Collector Rownan (Near Master Ranger Nente in Regent Valley) for Elementalist's Boot
5 Enchanted Lodestones to Collector Mindle (Wizard's Folly Fishing Village) for Elementalist's Gloves


You only need 3 of each of those items to get the equipment from the Collectors.

[The Liberal Conspiracy]

I'm a Ranger/Monk, and I'm trying to get Brother Melnho to activate The Blessings of Balthazar. I did the two previous monk quests and all of the other ranger quests. Anyone know why The Blessings of Balthazar isn't activating?

[Thecla]

I'm a Ranger/Monk, and I'm trying to get Brother Melnho to activate The Blessings of Balthazar. I did the two previous monk quests and all of the other ranger quests. Anyone know why The Blessings of Balthazar isn't activating?

I'm in exactly the same situation -- I think I did the skeleton quest before my ranger signed on to a secondary profession as a monk, or perhaps I had picked monk but hadn't done the previous skill quests, so that may be why Brother Melnho's not giving it again.

All in all, it seems pretty funky...NPCs direct me to people I already trained with when I ask for more information about where to go for more skills (without this guide I wouldn't have found a thing, for sure), I've been trapped several times by my pet in corners, and why is there a red no-entry sign on any artifact/focus item that I equip? I suppose that means it doesn't work even though I can equip it, but why? So many questions, so few answers...

Edit p.s. I got the Tapestry Shard, or whatever it is, from Gwen, who promtly showed how great her affection was for me, next to her wonderful mother, by p@ss!ing off at the soonest possible opportunity. At the moment, ponying up 200gp to buy Gwen a pretty cape seems like it was not a good investement if I only acquire a scrap of cloth about whose purpose I am equally confused. At the very least, I could have got a few beans...

[Mindtrust]

this rocks, thanks a lot :)

[ftnalex]

All in all, it seems pretty funky...NPCs direct me to people I already trained with when I ask for more information about where to go for more skills (without this guide I wouldn't have found a thing, for sure), I've been trapped several times by my pet in corners, and why is there a red no-entry sign on any artifact/focus item that I equip? I suppose that means it doesn't work even though I can equip it, but why? So many questions, so few answers...

I think that since a Ranger uses a 2 handed weapon, that's why you can't equip an artifact or focus item. I could be wrong as I've only been playing this for a short while now but it would make a little sense. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. Also, my pet has trapped me in a corner as well. Had to jump back to the Abbey and start over the quest that I was on. Wish I could throw a stick or something and tell her to go fetch it. And let me just add my thanks. I'm @ lvl 8 now after only about 6-7 hours of playing. That's not record breaking I know but it would have been days, if this guide was not around. Thanks again!!

[Shino]

Very nice guide. I have been looking for something like this for the collectors.

Thanks!

[Anz]

doesnt matter too much now about the collectors, almost all of them have changed in some way. its alll crazy now.

[Katara]

They have changed the collectors somewhat since this compilation was prepared in beta.

There are now no collectors for necromancer chest armor. However there are two collectors named Varis that both have necromancer leggings. One is on Fort Ranik, the other is in Regent Valley next to the ranger trainer Ivor Trueshot. Evidently, they are missing one collector by adding two of another.

People are saying the elementalist chest piece is missing also.

[Alucard_the_Red]

NECROMANCER

5 Skeletal Limbs to Collector Gwynn (Catacombs entrance Ashford Abbey) for Necromancer Gloves
5 Colossal Jawbones to Collector Findley (Regent Valley directly South of Fort Ranik) for Necromancer Tunic
5 Spider Legs to Collector Varis (Fort Ranik or Regent Valley) for Necromancer Leggings
5 Warden's Trophies to Collector Hatcher (Fort Ranik or Regent Valley) for Necromancer Boots

I've read here that some of the Necro info has changed... is there any updated info on if all of this is still available, and if so.. where?

BTW, this is an AWESOME comp.. was able to find and aquaire all of my ranger and elementalist stuff (sans robes) very quickly with this!

Thanks for all the good work!!

[kai]

Karleen in the catacombs now will give you ringmail boots (warrior) for 5 gargoyle skulls which are right around the corner.

[Voodoods]

Here is another guide in a paragraph format - there is an awesome map that shows most locations as well as a list of Collectors at the bottom, which I have added to this post for quick searching. Don't know how accurate this still is, but every bit helps:

http://www.guild-hall.net/forum/register.php?a=act&u=7216&i=94977525

Collector List and Locations: Collector Brownlow: Skale Fins (Just Outside Ascalon)

Collector Jacobs: Baked Husks (Ashford)
Collector Walden: Unnatural Seeds (Ashford)
Collector Humphreys: Worn Belts (Ashford)
Collector Kaylee: Grawl Neclaces ( Ashford Entrance to Regent Valley)

Collector Karleen Gargoyle Skulls ( Upper Catacombs)
Collector Gwynn: Skeletal Limbs (Upper Catacombs)
Collector Bettany: Shadowy Remains (Lower Catacombs)

Collector Rownan: Dull Carapaces (near Master Ranger Nente Regent Valley)
Collector Varis: Spider Legs (near Ivor Trueshot Regent Valley)
Collector Karleen: Gargoyle Skulls (Bridge in Regent Valley)
Collector Hatcher: Warden's Trophies (Near Bear Hunters Regent Valley)
Collector Findley: Colossal Jawbones (outside Fort Ranik Regent Valley)

Collector Varis: Spider Legs (Fort Ranik)
Collector Hatcher: Warden's Trophies (Fort Ranik)

Collector Mindle: Enchanted Lodestones (Wizards Folly Fishing Village)

Collector Savich: Icy Lodestones (Outside Foibles Fair)

[Tarra The Unshaven]

BTW, this is an AWESOME comp.. was able to find and aquaire all of my ranger and elementalist stuff (sans robes) very quickly with this!

Thanks for all the good work!!

Where you able to aquire the elemenatlist robe and if so which collector offers it? What zone is he/she in?

[Theta Omega]

Tarra , if i remeber my High School French correctly, " Sans " means Without so Alucard the Red didnt find an Elementalist robe

[Zero~NBK~]

thats a pretty odd combo, but i see no reason why it wouldnt work in PvE

[RankHypocrisy]

There are now no collectors for necromancer chest armor. However there are two collectors named Varis that both have necromancer leggings. One is on Fort Ranik, the other is in Regent Valley next to the ranger trainer Ivor Trueshot. Evidently, they are missing one collector by adding two of another.
I think the collector at the entrance to the catacombs will give you a Necro tunic for 5 gargoyle skulls.

EDIT--No, scratch that. This collector only provides leggings.

[kanntara]

Mesmers Stylish Footwear: Jacobs in Lakeview near the Field by the Abbey.
Mesmers Stylish Attire: Savich Wizard's Folly near the fair.

[Zippy007]

Well about the necromancer tunic, i don't know where is the collector, but i have seen someone wandering around with an tunic that seemed to be the one for the set (or it was one he painted?). It seems he did not see my tell asking him about it.

If someone finds out, i would be glad to know too :)

[Zippy007]

about the french, yes, "sans robe" means "without the robe" ;)

[Ryan]

Does anybody know what the bunny on the ridge above Ashford Village was there for? I tried all kinds of stuff to figure out why that thing was there, but I never came up with anything.

[Sugarpie]

Ringmail boots: Karleen, entrance to Catacombs, 5 gargoyle skulls

Ringmail leggings: Rownan, entrance to Regent Valley, dull carapaces

[Lampshade]

Warriors get boots form the collecter in the Catacombs. The one by Necromancer Munne ( I think) The one in the little building.
She collects gargoyle skulls

[TigerSoul]

Thought it might be helpful to give an exact map location of the "Hunter's Ale" bonus quest. Basically you kill a bear, come back, and they give you a mug of ale. If you drink it, vision starts getting wavy and blurred in places as they tell bad jokes.

You can do this quest more than once, but I've only found 2 bears nearby. The second one yielded a bear pelt quest item, which I'm gonna try doing a search for (I think it was to make Little Thom's cloak, but I've already done that...been a while since I played pre-searing).

It's also of note that a Collector named Hatcher is with the ranger-band trading unnatural seeds for upgraded gloves (Armor 7).

http://www.problemsolvedcomputing.com/gw/beerrangers.jpg

[GuntharLodestar]

What is the deal with the Hunter's Horn quest? I got the horn, went to the pool of water, and NOTHING happens. What am i supposed to do to complete the quest?
A friend had the same problem, but randomly it worked with one char and not the other.
glitch?

[earthgrrl4]

What is the deal with the Hunter's Horn quest? I got the horn, went to the pool of water, and NOTHING happens. What am i supposed to do to complete the quest?
A friend had the same problem, but randomly it worked with one char and not the other.
glitch?


When you get to the pool, press the ALT button. You'll be able to see the healing spring. Continue to hold the ALT button, then click on the spring. That should do it.

[Electros]

Necro Tunic can be found in Fort Ranik. Collector is Hatcher. He wants 5 unnatural seeds.

[Reema_The_Heretic]

This information is good as of 8/8/5

Ranger Boots: Catacombs : Karleen : Gargoyle Skulls
Ranger Gloves: Outside Foibles Fair : (Collector Name) : Icy Lodestones
Ranger Chest : Ranik : Hatcher : Unnatural Seeds
Ranger Legs : Ranik : (Collector Name) : Spider Legs



While this isn't all the info you would need it definitely will help in the finding of the Pre Searing Armor. =)

As a side note I believe all the Collectors for the armor are the same for all the classes now

[Shiznito]

Umm is there anything in Pre-Searing Ascalon that is really important or that you cannot get After the searing? I am a ranger/elementalist and am wondering if i missed any skills that i cannot get now unless i restart. If so i would like to know soon so i dont get too far into the game before restarting... Please send a PM to me if you can so i can recieve info easier.
Thanks in advance for any help.

[K Fonta]

Wow, that collector list hasn't been updated in a while. Here's the current list that I keep in my guild's forum:

Brownlow: 5 Skale Fins (Lakeside County - Outside Ascalon City)
Belt Pouch (Holds 5 items)
Devourer Egg (Quest item)

Jacobs: 3 Baked Husks (Lakeside County - Ashford)
Idol (Energy +3)
Flame Artifact (Energy +3)
Healing Ankh (Energy +3)
(MESMER) Stylish Footwear (AL 7, Energy recovery +1)
(RANGER) Leather Boots (AL 12, Armor +30 (vs. elemental attacks))
(WARRIOR) Ringmail Gauntlets (AL 27, Armor +20 (vs. physical attacks))

Walden: 3 Unnatural Seeds (Lakeside County - Ashford)
Bone Staff (Energy +3, Cold Dmg: 2-4)
Truncheon (Dark Dmg: 2-4)
Scroll (Energy +3)
Water Staff (Energy +3, Cold Dmg: 2-4)
Battle Axe (Slashing Dmg: 4-8)
Ascalon Bow (Piercing Dmg: 7-10)

Humphreys: 5 Worn Belts (Lakeside County - Ashford)
Belt Pouch (Holds 5 items)
Inscribed Staff (Energy +3, Chaos Dmg: 2-4)
Battle Axe (Slashing Dmg: 4-8)
Holy Rod (Fire Dmg: 2-4)
Crimson Carapace Shield (Armor: 4)
Fire Wand (Fire Dmg: 2-4)

Kaylee: 3 Grawl Necklaces (Lakeside County - Regent Valley Portal)
Jeweled Chakram (Energy +3)
Grim Cesta (Energy +3)
Scroll (Energy +3)
Divine Symbol (Energy +3)
(RANGER) Leather Vest (AL 12, Energy +5, Armor +30 (vs. elemental attacks))
(WARRIOR) Ringmail Haubrek (AL 27, Armor +20 (vs. physical attacks))

Gwynn: 3 Skeletal Limbs (Catacombs - Ashford)
Cane (Chaos Dmg: 2-4)
Frost Artifact (Energy +3)
Holy Staff (Energy +3, Fire Dmg: 2-4)
War Hammer (Blunt Dmg: 6-9)
(NECROMANCER) Necromancer's Gloves (AL 7, Energy +5)

Savich: 3 Icy Lodestones (Wizard's Folly - Foible's Fair Portal)
(ELEMENTALIST) Elementalist's Gloves (AL 7, Energy +5)
(MESMER) Stylish Gloves (AL 7, Energy +5)
(MONK) Monk Handwraps (AL 7, Energy +5)
(NECROMANCER) Necromancer's Gloves (AL 7, Energy +5)
(RANGER) Leather Gloves (AL 12, Armor +30 (vs. elemental attacks))
(WARRIOR) Ringmail Gauntlets (AL 27, Armor +20 (vs. physical attacks))

Mindle: 3 Enchanted Lodestones (Wizard's Folly - Fishing Village)
Cane (Chaos Dmg: 2-4)
Grim Cesta (Energy +3)
War Hammer (Blunt Dmg: 6-9)
Ascalon Bow (Piercing Dmg: 7-10)
(ELEMENTALIST) Elementalist's Gloves (AL 7, Energy +5)
(MONK) Monk Handwraps (AL 7, Energy +5)

Rownan: 3 Dull Carapaces (Regent Valley - near Master Ranger Nente)
Devourer Egg
Grim Cesta (Energy +3)
Storm Artifact (Energy +3)
Smiting Staff (Energy +3, Light Dmg: 2-4)
Earth Wand (Earth Dmg: 2-4)
Ascalon Bow (Piercing Dmg: 7-10)

Varis: 3 Spider Legs (Fort Ranik, Regent Valley - near Ivor Trueshot)
(ELEMENTALIST) Elementalist's Leggings (AL 7, Energy recovery +1)
(MESMER) Stylish Hose (AL 7, Energy recovery +1)
(MONK) Monk Pants (AL 7, Energy recovery +1)
(NECROMANCER) Necromancer's Leggings (AL 7, Energy recovery +1)
(RANGER) Leather Leggings (AL 12, Energy recovery +1, Armor +30 (vs. elemental attacks))
(WARRIOR) Ringmail Leggings (AL 27, Armor +20 (vs. physical attacks))

Hatcher: 5 Unnatural Seeds (Fort Ranik, Regent Valley - near bear hunters)
(ELEMENTALIST) Elementalist's Robes (AL 7, Energy +5)
(MESMER) Stylish Attire (AL 7, Energy +5)
(MONK) Monk Raiment (AL 7, Energy +5)
(NECROMANCER) Necromancer's Tunic (AL 7, Energy +5)
(RANGER) Leather Vest (AL 12, Energy +5, Armor +30 (vs. elemental attacks))
(WARRIOR) Ringmail Haubrek (AL 27, Armor +20 (vs. physical attacks))

Karleen: 5 Gargoyle Skulls (Catacombs - Green Hills County)
(ELEMENTALIST) Elementalist's Shoes (AL 7, Energy recovery +1)
(MESMER) Stylish Footwear (AL 7, Energy recovery +1)
(MONK) Monk Sandals (AL 7, Energy recovery +1)
(NECROMANCER) Necromancer's Boots (AL 7, Energy recovery +1)
(RANGER) Leather Boots (AL 12, Armor +30 (vs. elemental attacks))
(WARRIOR) Ringmail Boots (AL 27, Armor +20 (vs. physical attacks))



ELEMENTALIST
Elementalist's Robes: Hatcher
Elementalist's Leggings: Varis
Elementalist's Shoes: Karleen
Elementalist's Gloves: Mindle, Savich

MESMER
Stylish Attire: Hatcher
Stylish Hose: Varis
Stylish Footwear: Jacobs, Karleen
Stylish Gloves: Savich

MONK
Monk Raiment: Hatcher
Monk Sandals: Karleen
Monk Pants: Varis
Monk Handwraps: Savich, Mindle

NECROMANCER
Necromancer Tunic: Hatcher
Necromancer Leggings: Varis
Necromancer Boots: Karleen
Necromancer Gloves: Gwynn, Savich

RANGER
Leather Vest: Kaylee, Hatcher
Leather Leggings: Varis
Leather Boots: Jacobs, Karleen
Leather Gloves: Savich

WARRIOR
Ringmail Hauberk: Hatcher, Kaylee
Ringmail Leggings: Varis
Ringmail Boots: Karleen
Ringmail Gauntlets: Jacobs, Savich

[Tweakster]

Lol.....need to remember that you can get to lvl 9 in pre-searing ascalon very easily which then makes lvling faster in old ascalon and onwards throughout the game...... From Lvl 1-4 you can just kill stuff or do basic or primary quests and then from there its easy when your rolling in xp!

[Tweakster]

Wtf are you talking bout noob

[dantesnightmare]

NECROMANCER

5 Skeletal Limbs to Collector Gwynn (Catacombs entrance Ashford Abbey) for Necromancer Gloves
5 Colossal Jawbones to Collector Findley (Regent Valley directly South of Fort Ranik) for Necromancer Tunic
5 Spider Legs to Collector Varis (Fort Ranik or Regent Valley) for Necromancer Leggings
5 Warden's Trophies to Collector Hatcher (Fort Ranik or Regent Valley) for Necromancer Boots

for the boots, i belive you need seeds, i forget what you call em..umm.. unseen seeds or somthing, correct me, cuz i know i got the name of them wrong.

EDIT: UNATURAL SEEDS,':) lol, im a dork

[Vanyar Tur]

Lol.....need to remember that you can get to lvl 9 in pre-searing ascalon very easily which then makes lvling faster in old ascalon and onwards throughout the game...... From Lvl 1-4 you can just kill stuff or do basic or primary quests and then from there its easy when your rolling in xp!


the night before last I saw someone who was LV 20 in pre-searing. He was at Fort Ranik....!

S

[ikepdx]

Profession

When creating your character you will pick a primary profession. There are 6 professions to choose from, Warrior, Ranger, Monk, Necromancer, Mesmer and Elementalist. Don’t worry about what each one does now, as during creation a description will be available for each. Later on you can do quests for other professions and try out their skills as well as your primary. Before leaving Pre-Searing you will need to choose a second profession, but until you make a commitment you can try all 5 other professions by doing quests for the respective profession trainer. You can create and keep up to 4 different characters at once and if you tire of or don’t like one of your characters you can delete him/her and start a new one.



Your goals:

Gain experience.

Level up.

Gain $$ and better armor/weapons.



Experience

You gain experience from almost every monster you kill as long as they are less than 5 or less levels below your level. Monsters will give you more experience if they are closer to your level and much more if they are above your level. The top level you can achieve is 20 and monsters can be higher than level 20, but in Pre-Searing few monsters are higher than level 3.

You can also gain experience by completing quests. However if you plan on getting to level of 8 or more in Pre-Searing you might want to save collecting your rewards until after you have reached level 6. The reason for this is that the higher the level you gain, the less experience points you accumulate by killing monsters. Once you finish a quest it will be listed in you log (L key). You won’t lose any quest experience as long as you cash in before taking the academy quest and leaving Pre-Searing (you will be warned that you can’t return after taking this quest before you accept it, so make sure you are ready to move on if you do take the quest).

Some quests have you returning or delivering quest item(s), so you might want to finish those whenever possible to free up your backpack/pouch. Your bags, even with the one extra belt pouch you can get from collectors, can only hold up to 25 items (except those items that stack, i.e. unnatural seeds, enchanted loadstones, etc – and I haven’t found a limit to how many will stack in a single slot yet). Regardless you’ll find carrying quest items to be a drain on your available inventory slots so you either finish these quests or decide to wait to even take them on. If a quest has you finding an item that item will be in the game in the same location every time you enter that part of the map.



Leveling

You’ve leveled! Once you gain enough experience you will gain a level and get points to spend on your attributes. Each profession has their own set of attributes. Examples: Rangers get marksmanship, beast mastery, wilderness survival, etc. A warrior gets strength, swordsmanship, axe mastery, etc. The H key will open your hero and you will see the attributes you can increase. Don’t worry about making a mistake because as long as you are in a town you can always raise and LOWER your attributes and make adjustments as necessary. So, for example, as a ranger your first level up gets you 5 points to spend on your attributes. You might decide to increase your marksmanship to as high as you can go, as the higher your marksmanship the more damage your bow does. If you find you want to change your specialty you can do so when ever you are in a town simply by lowering and raising attributes and this you can do as many times as desired until you get it right.



$$ and Equipment

When you kill most monsters they will drop items or gold. You will also get items from opening hidden stashes and completing quests. Some items you will want to collect and trade with collectors (see Collectors below) who will give you armor, weapons or other goodies. Most of items dropped by monsters will have a white description, which means that they are identified and usually common.

However, some creatures and hidden stashes will drop colored items (light blue now and purple, gold or green later in Pos-Searing). These are rare drops and only have partial identities – this is where an ID kit, which you can buy from any merchant (see Merchants below), comes in handy. An ID kit is something you will want to buy when you get your first 100 gold. The easiest way to ID something is to open up all you bags with the F9 key, double click on the ID kit and then single click on the unidentified item and close the bags with F9. Usually identifying an object will increase its value to a merchant, sometimes drastically. Sell any equipment you don’t want or can’t use to any merchant. Some items will identify as precious, this means that the merchant will give you extra money for that item so unless the item is something you can use it is best sold to a merchant.

Monsters also drop things other than weapons; they might drop worn belts, bear pelts, grawl necklaces, unnatural seeds (see Collectors below), grawl armor, etc. Most of these, except quest items, can be sold to a merchant and most will stack in your bags. Many times a monster will drop items that collectors will want to trade you for (see Collectors below).

Dyes are also dropped by monsters. Dyes can be used to change the color of your armor. You will see a value of only 1 gold on dyes and that is all a merchant will give you in Pre-Searing. However, dyes are valuable and very collected, especially silver and black (as of today, 12/21/05, black sells to the dye merchant in Post-Searing for around 7,000 gold). So collect dyes (they will stack per color) and don’t sell them in Pre-Searing unless you really need the gold.



Armor

Can not be crafted in Pre-Searing, it is only gained by trading with collectors (see below). Any armor you get is only for you, no one else can wear it. And the same goes for anyone else, so never buy armor or trade (see Trading below) for it from anyone as you won’t be able to use it.



Weapons

Only a few weapons can be crafted in Pre-Searing by the crafter in Ascalon City. Most weapons you will get by picking up drops or by trading with other players (see Trading below). Weapons can be customized for you for just a few gold pieces (10) at the weapons “merchant” and will add an additional 20% damage to their damage attributes. However, once a weapon is customized it can not be used by another player so be careful about trading them or for them. A customized weapon can be sold to any merchant, although the gold you spent to customize them won’t be reimbursed.



Merchants

Merchants are found in every city. Hold down your alt key to see a list of all NPC (non-player characters). They don’t sell equipment or armor but things like ID kits, and salvage kits, dye remover, and some other items. They will, however, buy most equipment from you.

ID kits are used to identify unidentified items. Salvage kits are used to get the raw materials from items. e.g. you might salvage an iron ingot from a sword. These raw materials can be used by crafters to create armor or weapons - mostly in the next part of the game (Post-Searing) – however there is one crafter in Pre-Searing in Ascalon City and for the right materials and some gold he can make you a few things but nothing you can’t really find in drops AND he can not craft armor.



Collectors

Collectors are computer characters that want something specific in return for the items they are trading. Examples: Just outside Ascalon City is Brownlow and he will trade either a belt pouch that or a Devourer’s egg for 5 skale fins. In Fort Ranik the collector Hatcher wants 5 unnatural seeds for his the chest armor he has. If you haven’t collected any or all of the seeds Hatcher wants you might find someone selling extra seeds nearby. A seeds value to a merchant is 3 gold, you can sell seeds to them but you can’t buy seeds from them. Traders (other human players – see Traders below) might sell extra seeds they have collected for 10g apiece. Since Brownlow is outside a city you won’t find any traders nearby and you will have to go into a city to see if anyone is selling trading skale fins or belt pouches. Look at the list of collectors one of the other poster made above this post to see a what a collector trades, etc.



Humans

Humans are only seen inside cities (unless you are in a party). Once you exit a city you go into a part of the game specifically set aside for you or your party. In Pre-Searing you can only take one extra player with you so your party can only be 2 people. Dropped items are reserved for only one or the other player, gold is reserved for the party and no mater who picks it up, it is split between the party. To party with someone you click on them and in the lower left side of the screen that person’s name appears with a + by it, click on the + and you will invited the person into your party. If you haven’t talked with then in chat previously they will probably click reject and will not party with you. You have the same option to reject an unsolicited invite from someone else. You can also get out of a party while in a city by clicking on the leave button in the lower left box.



Trading

Trading is done with other human players and only in cities. Traders will usually announce what they have for sale via the chat window. wts = want to sell. wtb = want to buy. If you read of something of interest you can click on that person and a trade button will appear at the top of the screen. If the player accepts the trade session a window will open up. Trading is a multi step process and is never final until both parties agree, so don’t be afraid to try it out. The basic steps are make an offer, submit an offer and accept the offer. To offer items, drag an item from your inventory (F9 opens all bags) into the trade screen. To offer gold you either use the up arrows in the gold selection or click on the number area and type in your offer. Once you’ve finished you hit submit. Any item offered is seen in the trade window just like the items in your own inventory – you can check out to see if you are being sold what was advertised, see if it has been customized (thus you can’t use it) or whether or not if you qualify to use it. Once the offer is accepted on the other end you will get the chance to cancel or accept the offer – both parties must accept the trade for it to become final.



Last but not least, Inventory

The I key will bring up your inventory window. Beside your character on the right are 5 armor slots – these can only hold armor specific for the body area. On the left you’ll see 3 slots: 1 that holds a weapon, 1 that holds a shield or energy enhancer, and 1 for a cape. You’ll only get a cape when joining or creating a guild that has one. Weapons can be one handed or two. If you have a 2 handed weapon equipped, such as a bow, then the 2nd weapon slot will not be active even though you can put a shield or energy enhancer in it (there will be a \ though the item letting you know it isn’t active).

When you start you will have 20 slots available to store items in your backpack. If your backpack isn’t open in the inventory window simply click on the backpack and you will see all 20 slots. You can get additional 5 slot belt pouches from collectors and by trading for them; however, you can only equip one pouch for a total of 25 slots. You can’t put stuff in a pouch and then remove the pouch and store it in an open slot in your backpack – nice thought though. If you have both a backpack and belt pouch (and later on more bags) you can open up all bags with the F9 key. This makes it easy, for example, to use an ID kit located in your backpack on an item located in the belt pouch. Pressing F9 again will close all bags.

[ikepdx]

the night before last I saw someone who was LV 20 in pre-searing. He was at Fort Ranik....!

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Last guy I saw at level 20 in Pre had died almost 200,000 times, as to get points above level 12 or so you have to get the Char to level higher. Therfore you get them to chase you back to resurect spot, let them kill you, resurect, get killed again , resurect, get killed again, etc. This allows the char to gain levels and when you finally do kill them you can gain points. When I asked him how long it took he said 2 1/2 months. Oh well, you got to give him credit for the effort.

[Akari Tsukai]

Secret Bull Level

[truebx]

im sorry but i cant for the life of me find where the royal herald is, i just started today and have been wandering around ascalon city for like an hour.
if anyone could give me a general area as to where he is i would be extremely grateful.
thanks in advance.

[Quest_techie]

Secret Bull Level



lmfao....

just, rolling on the floor laughing various parts of my anatomy off....

[mrfireblaze]

well complements to the writer,this is very good,but alas,my eyes hurt from reading it